IP Library Granted Patent US 12,455,079
Granted Patent B2
US 12,455,079 · App. 18/925,684 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Fire pit system

Inventors: Jeffrey H. Jan (Keller, TX); Spencer H. Jan (Keller, TX)
Assignee: SOLO BRANDS, LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,455,079
App. No.
18/925,684
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present fire pit system includes a fire pit stand including a plurality of openings, wherein a fire pit body can rest upon the fire pit stand. The fire pit stand protects below surfaces (e.g., floor, ground, etc.) from high heat. The openings in the fire pit stand increase airflow.

Claims (33)

1. A fire pit system, comprising:

a fire pit stand including a stand wall having one or more stand openings; and

a fire pit body adapted to sit atop the fire pit stand, the fire pit body defining a body top end portion and a body bottom end portion, the fire pit body comprising:

an interior body wall positioned inside and spaced apart from an exterior body wall to permit an upward flow of air therebetween;

the exterior body wall, which defines a tubular shape extending around the interior body wall, from the body bottom end portion to the body top end portion, so as to circumferentially enclose the interior body wall;

one or more inwardly-facing body openings positioned at the body top end portion to permit a flow of air from between the interior body wall and the exterior body wall; and

one or more additional body openings positioned at the body bottom end portion and adapted to channel air:

to a bottom of a fire to fuel primary combustion; and

up between the interior body wall and the exterior body wall, and through the one or more inwardly-facing body openings, to fuel secondary combustion;

wherein the fire pit stand defines a height;

wherein the stand wall having the one or more stand openings defines a first outside diameter; and

wherein the height defined by the fire pit stand is less than a third of the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

2. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the fire pit body is removable from atop the fire pit stand.

3. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein, when the fire pit body sits atop the fire pit stand, the one or more stand openings are adapted to channel air to a bottom of a fire to fuel primary combustion.

4. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein, when the fire pit body sits atop the fire pit stand, the one or more stand openings are adapted to channel air up between the interior body wall and the exterior body wall, and through the one or more inwardly-facing body openings, to fuel secondary combustion.

5. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the interior body wall defines a first inside diameter.

6. The fire pit system of claim 5 , wherein the first inside diameter defined by the interior body wall is greater than the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

7. The fire pit system of claim 5 , wherein the fire pit body further comprises an upper ring defining a second inside diameter;

wherein the second inside diameter defined by the upper ring is positioned above and vertically spaced apart from the body top end portion; and

wherein the one or more inwardly-facing body openings are disposed below the upper ring at the body top end portion.

8. The fire pit system of claim 7 , wherein the upper ring is removable from atop the body top end portion.

9. The fire pit system of claim 7 , wherein the second inside diameter defined by the upper ring is less than the first inside diameter defined by the interior body wall.

10. The fire pit system of claim 7 , wherein the second inside diameter defined by the upper ring is less than the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

11. The fire pit system claim 1 , wherein the exterior body wall define a second outside diameter that is greater than the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

12. The fire pit system of claim 11 , wherein the exterior body wall defines the second outside diameter at the body bottom end portion.

13. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more inwardly-facing body openings are formed through the interior body wall.

14. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more additional body openings are formed through the exterior body wall.

15. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the height defined by the fire pit stand is less than a fourth of the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

16. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the height defined by the fire pit stand is less than a fifth of the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

17. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the height defined by the fire pit stand is less than a sixth of the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

18. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the height defined by the fire pit stand is less than an eighth of the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

19. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the height defined by the fire pit stand is less than a ninth of the first outside diameter defined by the stand wall having the one or more stand openings.

20. The fire pit system of claim 1 , wherein the body top end portion is devoid of additional body openings.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2025
From: ORU KAYAK, INC.; SOLO BRANDS, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070429/0469 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2024
From: JAN, JEFFREY H.; JAN, SPENCER H.
To: FRONTLINE ADVANCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 069008/0925 →
CERTIFICATE OF FILING Recorded Oct 24, 2024
From: SOLO DTC BRANDS, LLC
To: SOLO BRANDS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069270/0737 →
CERTIFICATE OF FILING Recorded Oct 24, 2024
From: FRONTLINE ADVANCE LLC
To: SOLO DTC BRANDS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069274/0222 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 18585756 · Feb 23, 2024
Continuation 18325627 · May 30, 2023
Continuation 17936928 · Sep 30, 2022
Continuation 17684912 · Mar 2, 2022
Continuation 16722663 · Dec 20, 2019
Provisional Application 62784961 · Dec 26, 2018
Related Publication 20250043957A1 · Feb 6, 2025
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